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| author | Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> | 2005-11-07 18:43:56 +1100 |
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| committer | Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> | 2005-11-08 11:19:55 +1100 |
| commit | cb09cff30ad22408eea9b2785555af2d2b0ac1bd (patch) | |
| tree | 07b41289038c9665c4626174f92abbbeeef9d445 /arch/powerpc/oprofile | |
| parent | bcb3557694d4e880051795ad97d609d255bcb658 (diff) | |
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[PATCH] ppc64: fix oprofile sample bit handling
Oprofile was hardwiring the MMCRA sample bit to 1 but on newer cpus
(eg POWER5) we want to vary it based on the group being sampled.
Add a temporary workaround until people update their oprofile userspace.
Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc/oprofile')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/powerpc/oprofile/op_model_power4.c | 24 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/oprofile/op_model_power4.c b/arch/powerpc/oprofile/op_model_power4.c index 886449315847..c4ee5478427b 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/oprofile/op_model_power4.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/oprofile/op_model_power4.c @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ #include <asm/systemcfg.h> #include <asm/rtas.h> #include <asm/oprofile_impl.h> +#include <asm/reg.h> #define dbg(args...) @@ -81,6 +82,26 @@ static void power4_reg_setup(struct op_counter_config *ctr, extern void ppc64_enable_pmcs(void); +/* + * Older CPUs require the MMCRA sample bit to be always set, but newer + * CPUs only want it set for some groups. Eventually we will remove all + * knowledge of this bit in the kernel, oprofile userspace should be + * setting it when required. + * + * In order to keep current installations working we force the bit for + * those older CPUs. Once everyone has updated their oprofile userspace we + * can remove this hack. + */ +static inline int mmcra_must_set_sample(void) +{ + if (__is_processor(PV_POWER4) || __is_processor(PV_POWER4p) || + __is_processor(PV_970) || __is_processor(PV_970FX) || + __is_processor(PV_970MP)) + return 1; + + return 0; +} + static void power4_cpu_setup(void *unused) { unsigned int mmcr0 = mmcr0_val; @@ -98,7 +119,8 @@ static void power4_cpu_setup(void *unused) mtspr(SPRN_MMCR1, mmcr1_val); - mmcra |= MMCRA_SAMPLE_ENABLE; + if (mmcra_must_set_sample()) + mmcra |= MMCRA_SAMPLE_ENABLE; mtspr(SPRN_MMCRA, mmcra); dbg("setup on cpu %d, mmcr0 %lx\n", smp_processor_id(), |